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Trading US futures from Ireland
Dublin is 4 hours ahead of New York until 31 Oct 2026, so the US stock market opens at 13:30 your time and the CME week starts Sunday 22:00. Below: every CME moment that matters, in Dublin time; the weeks the gap changes; who regulates a broker for Irish residents; how futures gains are taxed; and how to test an idea before you put money behind it.
- Gap to New York
- +4 h
- until 31 Oct 2026
- US stock market opens
- 13:30
- Dublin time
- CME week opens
- 22:00
- Sunday
- Gap changes
- 2×
- in the next twelve months
CME hours in Dublin time
Each column is a stretch of the next twelve months with one gap to New York, read from the same time-zone database your phone uses. Exchange holidays shorten some sessions; the market calendar lists them.
| Moment | New YorkEastern time | Dublin+5 h, most of the year | Dublin+4 h, 29 Oct – 31 Oct 2026, 14 Mar – 27 Mar 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CME Globex week opens | Sunday6:00 p.m. | Sunday23:00 | Sunday22:00 |
| US economic dataCPI, the jobs report, GDP, retail sales | 8:30 a.m. | 13:30 | 12:30 |
| US stock market opensThe index futures' busiest hours begin | 9:30 a.m. | 14:30 | 13:30 |
| First half-hour closesThe screener's built-in ideas take their first reading here | 10:00 a.m. | 15:00 | 14:00 |
| EIA energy reportsCrude stocks on Wednesday, gas storage on Thursday | 10:30 a.m. | 15:30 | 14:30 |
| Gold and silver settle | 1:30 p.m. | 18:30 | 17:30 |
| Fed decision (FOMC days)Eight scheduled meetings a year | 2:00 p.m. | 19:00 | 18:00 |
| Crude oil and natural gas settle | 2:30 p.m. | 19:30 | 18:30 |
| US stock market closesIndex futures settle; the regular session ends | 4:00 p.m. | 21:00 | 20:00 |
| Daily halt beginsTrading resumes an hour later | 5:00 p.m. | 22:00 | 21:00 |
| CME Globex week closes | Friday5:00 p.m. | Friday22:00 | Friday21:00 |
The weeks the gap changes
The US moves its clocks on the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November. Ireland moves with the EU, on the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October.
- Most of the year, Dublin is 5 hours ahead of New York: the US open lands at 14:30 instead of 13:30.
A broker with CME access
Through brokers authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland or passported from elsewhere in the EU, after an appropriateness assessment for complex products.
Regulator: Central Bank of Ireland. Source, checked October 12, 2026.
How futures gains are taxed
Revenue treats gains on commodity futures as chargeable gains for capital gains tax; frequent dealing can instead be taxed as trading income.
General information, not tax advice; rules turn on your own circumstances. Revenue, Tax and Duty Manual 19-07-02, checked October 12, 2026.
Testing an idea from Ireland
Everything runs in a browser and is priced in US dollars; your card issuer does the conversion. A screen reads the US tape, so a trader in Dublin gets the same tick history, the same gates and the same verdict as one in Chicago. A screen reads the regular session, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET (13:30 to 20:00 in Dublin), or, on the markets with 24-hour data, the whole Globex session.
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Trading from Ireland: questions
- What time do US futures open in Dublin?
- CME Globex opens for the week at 6:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, which is Sunday 22:00 in Dublin until 31 Oct 2026. From then it trades around the clock until Friday, with a one-hour halt every weekday from 5:00 p.m. ET (21:00 in Dublin).
- What time does the US stock market open in Dublin time?
- The New York cash session opens at 9:30 a.m. ET, 13:30 in Dublin until 31 Oct 2026, and closes at 4:00 p.m. ET (20:00). The index futures trade before and after it, but their heaviest volume sits inside it. Most US economic data lands an hour earlier, at 8:30 a.m. ET (12:30).
- When does the time difference between Dublin and New York change?
- Dublin is 4 hours ahead of New York until 31 Oct 2026. Most of the year it is 5 hours ahead of New York. The two countries move their clocks on different dates, and every CME time shifts by the same amount in Dublin while they disagree.
- How are futures gains taxed in Ireland?
- Revenue treats gains on commodity futures as chargeable gains for capital gains tax; frequent dealing can instead be taxed as trading income. This is general information, not tax advice.
- Can I use Waypoint from Ireland?
- Yes. The screener and the calculators run in a browser, and everything is priced in US dollars.A screen tests a trading idea against US futures tick history and returns a verdict; it places no trades, and nothing on the site is advice to trade. To trade, the usual route: through brokers authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland or passported from elsewhere in the EU, after an appropriateness assessment for complex products.
Screen an idea from Dublin
Write the idea in plain English after the close, 20:00 your time, and have the verdict before the next session opens. Real per-fill costs, a drift null and a walk-forward, written down before the run.